Infant&#39;s stocking



March 15, 1927. 137621,20()

M. HEILMAN INFANT S STOCKING Filed Aug. 17, 1926 il balen laadde zuan,

Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

MAU'D HEILMAN, 0F LOST HILLS, CALIFORNIA.

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Application led August 17, 1926. Serial No. 129,694.

My invention is an infants stocking, adapted to pull over an infants'foot and leg and to be attached to the diaper.

An object of my invention is the construction of a loose fittingstocking which may be called a kicking stocking for infants, intended tobe drawn over their feet and legs and to be attached to the diaper sothat an infant may exercise and kick without danger of catching cold byhaving its legs exposed.

A further object of my invention is to form a stocking of woven fabriccut to shape more or less to an infants leg and foot and with the outerside extending considerablyv above the inner side so that it will reachwell up on Vthe infants thigh, the lower side extending to the knee orslightly above the knee.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an infant wearing stockingFs according to my invention;

ig. 2 is an elevation of the stocking looking at the inner side;

Fig. 3 is a section of the stocking on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 in thedirection of the arrows.

The stocking is formed preferably of woven material and has a legportion 1 and a foot portion 2. Both of these are designed to have aloose fit on an infants foot and leg. The front seam 3 and the rear seam4 allow the stocking to be folded fiat and the outer side at the top 5extends considerably above the top 6 of the inner side of the stocking.The upper edge is bound with a tape 7 or the like. The stocking ispreferably made inside out and then turned so that the seams are on theinside. The stocking is intended to fasten to the childs diaperindicated by the numeral 8 by means of a safety pin 9 or the like.

With a stocking constructed substantially as shown the top edge fits uptight against the diaper on the inside and is drawn up tight on theoutside, therefore the infants leg is not exposed and the child may kickor play with all the freedom of bare legs and feet and not be exposed tothe danger of catching cold.

It is obvious that my infants stocking may be changed in shape or ineneral construction and if desired could e made of knitted fabric andshaped closer to the leg and foot than the one illustrated. One of thefeatures, however, is in having one side of the stocking much longerthan the other side to allow fastening of same to another garment.

My invention may be changed in general construction or in specificdetails without departing from the spirit thereof as set forth in thedescription, drawings and claims.

In order to supply sufficient strength to the stocking without making itunduly heavy, the front and rear seams 3 and 4 are joined to the bindingtape 7 which extends around the top 6 at substantially the level of theinfants knee and aroun the outside part 5 of the top which extendsupwardly over the childs thigh to be fastened to the diaper 8 by thesafety pin 9. Therefore the tearing stresses on the upper art 5 when theinfant kicks and the like are carried by the binding 7 to the front andrear seams 3 and 4 and hence distributed over the stocking.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An infants stocking havin a leg and a foot portion with front and bacseams, the inside of the leg portion at the top being substantiallystraight across the stocking from seam to seam and the outside of theleg portion extending upwardly from the front and back seams to aconsiderable height above the top of the inner portion, and a binding onthe outside upper extension, said binding joining the front and backseams.

2. An infants stocking having a leg and a foot portion with front andback seams, the inside of the leg portion at the top being substantiallystraight across' the stocking Y from seam to seam and the outside of theleg portion extending upwardly from the front and back seams to aconsiderable height above thc top of the inner portion, and a binding onthe inside top edge of the leg portion, said binding contmuing on theedge of the outside extension of the leg portion, said binding beingconnected to the front and back seams.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MAUD HERMAN:

